Are the Daphnia and the Cyclops parasites?

Are the Daphnia and the Cyclops parasites Daphniae are as far as I know not parasites or vectors of any fish or human diseases or parasites. read more

Are the Daphnia and the Cyclops parasites Daphniae are as far as I know not parasites or vectors of any fish or human diseases or parasites. Most copepods are free living but there are some parasitic copepods that are external parasites of fish. read more

Cyclops individuals may range from ½–5 mm long and are clearly divided into two sections. The broadly oval front section comprises the head and the first five thoracic segments. The hind part is considerably slimmer and is made up of the sixth thoracic segment and the four legless pleonic segments. read more

The cyclops are thriving in the green water, many of them carrying twin egg sacks which are clearly visible through the magnifier. So I have a colony of daphnia and a colony of cyclops in seperate bottles. There are no cyclops in the daphnia bottle, so presumably the cyclops came in with the green water from my garden. read more